The Beck Diet Solution

Background

The peer trainer community swears by Judith Beck’s ‘The Beck Diet Solution’. This diet is founded on a form of psychotherapy called Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Yes, it’s complex, and not easy to understand. The focus of the diet is primarily on the inter-relation of thought, feeling, and acting. The concept behind The Beck Diet Solution is that one will be successful at losing weight if the different parts of a person’s thought and behaviour are broken down and each part is dealt with at a time.

This is a book that asks people who want to lose weight to embark upon a 42 day diet program that asks people two pick any health diet plan that they can stick to, and not leave mid way. It also asks people to pick a back-up diet in case the first diet does not work for them. One of the basic rules of the diet is that all your meals must be consumed in a ‘sitting down’ posture as this position will help you see your food in detail and would enable you to become visually satisfied with the diet meal in front of you.

One of the most important features of The Beck Diet Solution is that it wants dieters to be aware of their accomplishments and positive changes if any. It asks them to give credit to themselves for sticking to the diet. The Beck Diet Solution is completely mind based and includes facets like giving sufficient time for the consumption of the meal and also concentrating on what you are eating.

Trigger foods must be eliminated from the home and work environment and people need to give enough time and effort to their diet program.

Pros

• Its pits your mind over matter
• Tackles the behavioral aspects of weight loss
• Recommends a diet support coach
• Recommends prioritizing of goals and objectives
• Exhorts people to pick reasonable goals
• Exercise is emphasized

Cons

• It’s a book
• Might be difficult to understand and implement for some
• Equal importance given to physical and mental aspect of sticking to diet
• Asks people to tolerate hunger pans

Food and Recipes

The book asks people to stick to a diet of their choice. Everyone has a fair idea of what constitutes a healthy meal. It’s just that for various reasons people fail to consume a healthy diet on a regular basis. The Beck Diet Solution gives you a good idea of what you must include in your diet and what is a strict ‘NO’. It asks people to stay away from processed foods, and significantly reduce the consumption of dairy products and meat. The focus should be on the intake of fresh fruits, vegetables and lean meats. Moreover one should also drink a goodly amount of water.

Exercise

The book advises all those who choose The Beck Diet Solution, to exercise. It emphasizes the advantages of an exercise regimen and wants people to chart out an exercise plan. This exercise plan must have two types of exercises which include spontaneous exercise and planned exercise. Spontaneous exercise means using various situations to get more exercise.

Expense

At the basic level, the cost of the book can be termed as the cost of the diet plan. However, a large part of the cost of the diet would be taken by the meal as fresh fruits and vegetables are not cheap. This factor has to be kept in mind.

Conclusion

There are diets that work and there are those that don’t. Can’t say for sure, which diet would be the best for your body. There is no harm in trying The Beck Diet Solution and there is every chance that your body will respond to the program and you will lose weight. Moreover, the 42 days limit is an attraction in itself.

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